BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly.
In a livestreamed speech from SpaceX's launch facility near the southern tip of Texas, Musk said Saturday that the space venture's Starship is...
EILEEN NG
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters and police clashed in Hong Kong for a second straight day on Sunday, throwing the semiautonomous Chinese territory's business and shopping belt into chaos and sparking fears of more ugly scenes leading up to China's National Day holiday this week.
Riot police repeatedly fired blue liquid — used to identify protesters —...
JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The DreamWorks animated adventure "Abominable" has topped the box office with an estimated $20.9 million, while the Renee Zellweger-led Judy Garland tale "Judy" got off to a sonorous start.
"Abominable" was the weekend's sole new wide release. It's a U.S.-China co-production between Universal's DreamWorks and China's Pearl Studios, so its performance in...
DAVIS (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in a California field as thunderstorms swept through the central part of the state.
Cell phone video posted online shows the towering vortex spinning Saturday near Davis.
NWS forecaster Emily Heller tells the San Francisco Chronicle there was no damage. She says tornadoes in the Central Valley aren't entirely...
ROB GILLIES and FRANK JORDANS
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg said Friday she doesn't understand why grown-ups and world leaders would mock children and teens for acting on science, responding to attacks on her campaign as students conducted a second wave of global protests demanding action on climate change.
When asked about U.S. President Donald Trump and...
BETH HARRIS
AP Racing Writer
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A 3-year-old colt sustained a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December.
Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall meet at Santa Anita, where...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Elementary and middle school students throughout Riverside County will forgo riding to school Wednesday in recognition of "International Walk to School Day'' -- part of an effort to promote youth exercise and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods.
Thousands of youths from more than 80 schools are expected to take part in the annual event, during which parents, teachers and community-based...
City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs on Saturday, Sept. 28 was selected to lead a study on treatments for opioid addiction, with a focus on rural parts of the United States.
The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $25 million to be used at health clinics in rural...
ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's move to vastly extend authority of immigration officers to deport people without allowing them to appear before judges, the third legal setback for its immigration agenda in one day.
The policy, which was announced in July but hasn't yet been enforced, would allow fast-track deportations...